bristle
noun
one of the short, stiff, coarse hairs of certain animals, especially hogs, used extensively in making brushes.
is bristling
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present progressiveof bristle (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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The tower is bristling with high-tech instruments - sensors that track almost everything happening between the forest and the atmosphere: water vapor, carbon dioxide, sunlight, and essential nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus.
From BBC ● Nov. 16, 2025
The underside of this 27-inch Dell USB-C Hub Monitor is bristling with connectivity, much of it accessible via a single USB-C cable that also provides 90W of charging.
From The Verge ● Jan. 17, 2022
The neighborhood is bristling with lawn signs reading, “Stop the Water Ripoff!”
From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2015
The visual and editing restraint is notable, too, because despite its deliberate pace, the film is bristling with ideas.
From Slate ● Apr. 4, 2014
This idea caught on, even though great literature from Chaucer to Shakespeare to Milton is bristling with sentences ending in prepositions.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
